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Emotional Technology is the fourth studio album by electronica artist BT. Transitioning towards a more pop music oriented sound, the album features some of BT's more commercially successful releases, including "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)", "The Force of Gravity" and "Superfabulous". "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" holds the Guinness World Record for most vocal edits in a single track, with 6,178 in the album version.[1] The album features vocal performances by JC Chasez, Rose McGowan, and BT himself, among others.

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Emotional Technology
Studio album by BT
Released	August 5, 2003
Genre	Electronica • pop
Length	78:13 (CD) 62:50 (vinyl) 71:11 (Spec. Collector's Ed., CD1)
Label	Nettwerk
Producer	BT
BT chronology
10 Years in the Life (2002) Emotional Technology (2003) The Technology EP (2004)
Singles from Emotional Technology
"Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" Released: March 20, 2003

Background

The album's intro consists of a backwards sample of "Satellite", the closing track of Movement, followed by reversed samples of "Somnambulist" and "Dark Heart Dawning" from Emotional Technology. Shortly after "Somnambulist", the album moves from its pop-oriented sound into a more experimental direction, containing introspective lyrics and song structures and samples not normally found in trance music at the time (the extended breakdown section of "P A R I S" features a galloping horse and a choir, while "Communicate"'s chorus drops the beat entirely). Emotional Technology also found Transeau writing several epic rock songs in the vein of "Satellite". Several of these songs would later be replaced on the Special Collector's Edition release.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	61/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
About.com	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[5]
Music Emissions	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
URB	[9]

Emotional Technology received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 61 out of 100, based on 7 reviews. The album charted at 138 on the Billboard 200, making it BT's highest charting album to date.

Remix contest

Prior to the album's release, BT and BPM Magazine held a remix contest for the album. Inside an issue of BPM Magazine would be an EP containing the individual parts for "Somnambulist", "Communicate", "The Great Escape" and "Superfabulous", as well as a new, unreleased track titled "Kimosabe" (which would become part of the soundtrack for Electronic Arts' racing video game Need for Speed: Underground) and also featured in a Harmonix Music Rhythm game Amplitude.^{[citation needed]} The four winners were announced in early 2004 and they won signed copies of Emotional Technology among other prizes. Two notable winners were Toksin (for his remix of "Communicate") and Burufunk (for their remix of "The Great Escape"). Burufunk had previously remixed "Somnambulist" for when the song was released as a single in May 2003. They later worked with BT on his remix of The Doors' classic, "Break on Through (To the Other Side)". Toksin has since released remixes of "Superfabulous" and "The Great Escape" on his website. He has also remixed "Shame" in his live shows.^{[citation needed]}. The song "Tao of the Machine" was used in the 2005 video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

Singles

The album had only one official single, which was "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)". However, the Technology EP serves as a non-formal single release for "Superfabulous", "The Force of Gravity" and "The Great Escape".^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs were written by BT, unless noted.

CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Meeting of a Hundred Yang"	0:44
2.	"Knowledge of Self" (featuring Guru)	6:41
3.	"Superfabulous" (featuring Rose McGowan)	4:40
4.	"Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" (featuring JC Chasez)	4:20
5.	"Force of Gravity" (featuring JC Chasez)	8:19
6.	"Dark Heart Dawning"	7:08
7.	"The Great Escape" (featuring Caroline Lavelle)	6:58
8.	"P A R I S" (featuring Jody Wisternoff)	7:51
9.	"Circles"	4:43
10.	"Last Moment of Clarity" (featuring Karina Ware)	7:21
11.	"Communicate" (featuring Jan Johnston)	5:48
12.	"Animals"	7:24
13.	"The Only Constant Is Change"	6:16
Total length:		78:13

Japanese bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Kimosabe" (feat. Wildchild)	6:55
15.	"Tao of the Machine" (feat. The Roots)	5:04
16.	"Love in the Time of Thieves" (feat. Tamra Keenan and Kevin Beber)	6:21
17.	"The Revolution" (feat. Rasco)	4:19
18.	"Somnambulist (Junkie XL Vocal Mix)"	8:56
19.	"Somnambulist (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix)"	10:03
20.	"Somnambulist (Burufunk Remix)"	7:30
21.	"The Great Escape (Attention Deficit Mix)"	10:37
22.	"Force of Gravity (Dylan Rhymes Push-up Mix)"	8:37
23.	"Force of Gravity (Tiësto Remix)"	7:48
Total length:		154:13

Vinyl

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Knowledge of Self"	8:14
2.	"Superfabulous"	5:27

Side B

No.	Title	Length
3.	"Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)"	5:06
4.	"Force of Gravity"	9:58

Side C

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Dark Heart Dawning"	7:43
6.	"The Great Escape"	7:19

Side D

No.	Title	Length
7.	"P A R I S"	9:31
8.	"Last Moment of Clarity"	9:35
Total length:		62:53

Special Collector's Edition

Disc 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Meeting of a Hundred Yang"	0:44
2.	"Knowledge of Self" (feat. Guru)	6:40
3.	"Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)"	4:21
4.	"Force of Gravity" (feat. JC Chasez)	8:19
5.	"Dark Heart Dawning"	7:08
6.	"The Great Escape" (feat. Caroline Lavelle)	6:58
7.	"P A R I S" (feat. Jody Wisternoff)	7:48
8.	"Kimosabe"	5:34
9.	"The Revolution"	4:14
10.	"Last Moment of Clarity" (feat. Karina Ware)	7:11
11.	"Communicate" (feat. Jan Johnston)	5:57
12.	"The Only Constant Is Change"	6:04
Total length:		70:58

Disc 2

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Somnambulist (Mark Norman Remix)"	7:49
14.	"Love in the Time of Thieves" (feat. Tamra Keenan)	6:18
15.	"Force of Gravity (Tiësto Remix)"	8:18
16.	"Somnambulist (Junkie XL Vocal Mix)"	8:54
17.	"Superfabulous (Toksin's Rawshaker Mix)"	7:59
18.	"Force of Gravity (Dylan Rhymes Push Up Mix)"	8:38
19.	"Kimosabe (Hyper Remix)"	7:19
20.	"Communicate (Toksin's Narcan Remix)"	6:50
21.	"Somnambulist (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix)"	10:02
Total length:		143:05

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[10]	138
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[11]	1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12]	3
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[13]	138

References

External links

• "M-Audio and BPM Proudly Announce BT Remix Contest Winners"

На других языках

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[ru] Emotional Technology

Emotional Technology - это четвертый студийный альбом электронного артиста BT. Является альбомом, содержащим в большем количестве, чем ранее, композиции в стиле поп-музыка. В альбом вошли наиболее коммерчески популярные треки "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)", "The Force of Gravity" and "Superfabulous". "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" попала в книгу рекордов Гиннеса за наибольшее количество фрагментов с редактированием вокала в одной песне - 6178. В записи альбома участвовали JC Chasez, Rose McGowan и BT.

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